Long Lasting Dreams Chapter 10

Ethan Jiang really regretted giving away that egg, so much so that when he finished dancing, he was so hungry that he felt dizzy and his stomach was filled with water that made a noise. Teacher Emma couldn't help laughing: "So hungry?"

Ethan Jiang still had to stay to clean up, and he felt a little pitiful when he heard this: "I'm hungry."

Teacher Emma took out some biscuits from her bag while smiling: "Go eat some, and let Song Xin help you mop the floor."

Song Xin put on a particularly charitable look and said compassionately, "I agree."

Ethan Jiang obediently took the biscuits and went to the corridor to eat. In order to avoid encountering robbers like Ryan Bai again, he simply sat at the back door of the boxing gym. As a result, when he was halfway through eating and sucking his fingers, Lai Song somehow saw him from the back door.

"Little Swan." Lai Song waved at him, "What are you eating?"

... Ethan Jiang wondered if they were all hungry, why did they ask this the first question they met people.

Lai Songting was very friendly and walked out to sit next to him: "Biscuits? These won't fill you up."

Ethan Jiang muttered: "This is all I have..."

Lai Song: "Why don't you bring a few eggs?"

"I brought it." Ethan Jiang sighed, "I gave one to Ryan Bai."

Lai Song's eyes widened, and he asked curiously, "Why are you feeding him?"

Ethan Jiang frowned: "He asked me for it."

"He's bullying you, right?" Lai Song laughed. "The guy who brings you boiled beef every day is trying to blackmail you? No, I'm going to scold him later."

When Ethan Jiang heard this, he realized that Ryan Bai was going to be scolded just for an egg, but he thought it was not necessary:   "Forget it, I've already eaten it."

Lai Song looked at him, somewhat overjoyed: "You are quite generous." He thought for a moment and then said, "Are you done? Do you want to watch the second generation of Bai fight?"

Ethan Jiang said: "I still have to clean up."

Lai Song didn't care: "Don't we have Song Xin?" He suddenly stood up and shouted to Song Xin in the dance studio, "Sister Rijin! I'm going to take Ethan Jiang to our boxing gym to play for a while, and you can mop the floor."

Song Xin seemed a little afraid of Lai Song, but she couldn't stand being called "Ri Jin Mei". She put her hands on her H!ps and yelled back: "How many times have I told you! Don't call me Ri Jin Mei!"

Lai Song ignored her: "I have been calling you for years, why are you so anxious?"

He pulled Ethan Jiang to the boxing gym: "Let's go, Little Swan, let's go see our Bai Erdai. Wait, let him return your egg with KFC."

It was almost time for the class to end at the boxing gym, but Ryan Bai was still in the ring. Strangely, no one was practicing with him. The coach had pulled a string diagonally across the ring and asked him to practice boxing steps.

Ethan Jiang didn't quite understand. He just saw Ryan Bai quickly squat down and then stand up straight. His shoulder rubbed the line and he reached the right side of the rope. Then he squatted down and stood up straight again, and he reached the left side. He moved forward slowly with these two movements, and after reaching the opposite corner, he came back with the Sam Shue movement.

"This is called rope training." Lai Song explained, "Look at his leg movements, dodge, attack." Lai Song did the Sam Shue movement twice and asked again, "Do you understand?"

Ethan Jiang nodded, not quite understanding. He watched for a while and couldn't help asking, "Is there no one practicing with him?"

Lai Song laughed exaggeratedly, "No one will train with him. When the second generation of white people goes to the boxing ring, this boxing ring belongs to him alone. No one will want to cause trouble."

Lai Song pointed to the boxing ring and said, "Do you think he looks like he's fighting someone?"

Ethan Jiang really couldn't imagine what Ryan Bai would look like when he boxed with others. It should be said that he couldn't imagine what Ryan Bai would look like when he was beaten.

In Ethan Jiang's opinion, Ryan Bai was a person whose birth was equal to the ceiling for others. Not to mention letting fists land on that pretty face, Ryan Bai seemed unable to even lower his head. He always held his chin high and his back straight, with such a great expression and a pair of brows filled with awe-inspiring arrogance.

Ethan Jiang might not quite understand the confused and even a little jealous emotions in his heart.

Just like everyone present who was looking at Ryan Bai, even his own envy became insignificant.

Lai Song looked down at Ethan Jiang's feet and suddenly asked, "Isn't it time to change your dancing shoes?"

Ethan Jiang subconsciously looked down and found that the toe of his shoe had come loose. His face turned red and he shyly hid his foot behind his other leg.

Lai Song didn't mean to laugh at him: "Where are the shoes you usually wear? I'll get them for you."

Ryan Bai had finished practice and left the ring. He was drinking water and wiping his sweat. The coach was talking to him. Many of the other students surrounding the boxing ring were unwilling to accept the defeat. They were eavesdropping from far or near. Ryan Bai stood there with a blank expression as if no one was around. Only when he turned around and saw Ethan Jiang did he habitually raise his thick black eyebrows.

"Little Swan," he called to him, "Come here."

Ethan Jiang walked over reluctantly.

Ryan Bai asked: "What are you holding in your hand?"

Ethan Jiang: "Biscuits."

Ryan Bai: "Have you finished eating?"

Ethan Jiang nodded.

Bai Jin frowned: "What are you unhappy about?"

Ethan Jiang blinked and muttered, "I'm not unhappy..."

Ryan Bai snorted, "Wait here and don't move."

Ethan Jiang really didn't dare to move. He watched Bai Jin turn around and go back to pack his things. After a while, Lai Song came back with the shoes that Ethan Jiang usually wore, and also took his bag.

"How are you?" Lai Song greeted Bai Jin naturally, "Little Swan, change your shoes, let's go eat."

Ethan Jiang is obviously not short, but being surrounded by these two guys who believe that "fists are the only way to win", he looks delicate.

Lai Song was not polite to Ryan Bai at all: "Do you know that Little Swan almost starved to death today? How come you even ate other people's eggs? Where's the beef?"

Bai Jin curled his lips and said, "I ate it all at noon." He looked up at Ethan Jiang and said, "Are you hungry?"

Ethan Jiang was about to say "I'm not hungry", but unfortunately his stomach, which was half full of biscuits, didn't respond. The empty answer was really embarrassing.

Bai Jin narrowed his eyes and said in a bad tone: "Why didn't you tell me at that time? Why did you give me the egg?"

Ethan Jiang stammered, "It depends on what you want to eat..."

Ryan Bai was unhappy: "I'm not that greedy."

Lai Song interrupted them: "Are you done yet? I'm starving."

Bai Jin glanced at him, then looked at Ethan Jiang and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Before Ethan Jiang opened his mouth, Lai Song leaned close to his ear and said in a serious voice that everyone could hear: "Ken De Chicken!"

Ethan Jiang: ...

A meal at KFC was no big deal for Ryan Bai. He ordered 15 pieces of original chicken, two servings of Colonel chicken nuggets, four servings of chicken wings, and finally an extra hamburger for Lai Song.

Lai Song was obviously used to it, so he sat down and prepared to start without saying a word, but the amount of money scared Ethan Jiang.

He looked at the mountain of chicken breasts in front of him and had no idea where to start.

Ryan Bai and Lai Song quickly removed the fried part of the chicken. Lai Song even licked his fingers and asked Ethan Jiang: "Why don't you eat it?"

Ethan Jiang couldn't help but confirm again: "Can you eat it?"

Ryan Bai: "Eat as much as you can. Lai Song will take care of the rest."

Lai Song raised his two thumbs up with great pride, and compared himself to "Lai Song brand garbage dump, Lai garbage!"

Ryan Bai ignored him and continued to peel the fried dough.

Ethan Jiang looked at it for a while, feeling a little reluctant: "What a waste..."

Ryan Bai impatiently stuffed the peeled chicken into his mouth and ordered: "Eat."

Ethan Jiang had no choice but to chew the chicken first.

Lai Song and Ryan Bai were like two bulldozers, finishing the chicken at an outrageous speed, especially Lai Song, who finished five pieces of original chicken in the blink of an eye. He conveniently removed the two pieces of bread sandwiched between the hamburger and carefully scraped off the salad dressing on the meat.

"Little Swan." Lai Song threw aside the cabbage leaves dipped in salad sauce, and seemed to have thought of something, and asked Ethan Jiang, "Is there anything fun in your town?"

Ethan Jiang thought for a moment and said, "In summer, I can catch fish and drive ducks, dig earthworms in the fields, and catch beetles and cicadas."

Lai Song: "That's all?"

Ryan Bai interrupted and said, "Do you still want to go play?"

Lai Song was eating the chicken thigh in his burger: "I'm just curious. You see, even the little swans don't have cell phones."

Bai Jin looked at Ethan Jiang, and the boy was a little embarrassed: "I don't need it."

Lai Song: "Is it fun to have a mobile phone in the countryside?"

Ethan Jiang said honestly: "I think it's quite fun."

Ryan Bai looked at Ethan Jiang this time and asked, "Where is the fun place?"

"Well..." Ethan Jiang tore the chicken slowly, thinking for a long time what to say, "We went to take bird eggs in the early spring, and the dog... Chen Maoxiu, my neighbor, went to take out the nest where the hens were incubating eggs, and ended up being chased and bitten by a big male pheasant, so we took the chicken home."

Lai Song said in a disapproving tone: "Have you eaten?"

"No." Ethan Jiang shook his head, "We have one at home, his name is Tony."

"To-ny," Ryan Bai corrected him, "Your accent is wrong. Please read it again."

Ethan Jiang obediently imitated Ryan Bai's lip movements and recited it again.

Lai Song's point was a little off: "You keep chickens as pets? Don't you keep dogs and cats?"

"They all do." Ethan Jiang grinned. "Everyone has dogs. Cats too. They run around everywhere. Some families even keep big white geese as guard dogs. They are very fierce."

Ryan Bai suddenly said: "You are not fierce."

Ethan Jiang was unable to react for a moment and let out an "ah".

Bai Jin tilted his head and looked at him, then suddenly smiled: "So you are the little swan."